Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

Volunteers rolled up their sleeves Monday to take part in the biggest test yet of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. The first of some 30,000 volunteers were receiving shots created by the U.S. government as part of the all-out global race to stop the outbreak. It will be months before results trickle in. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser tested positive for the virus. And there were setbacks in efforts to restart American baseball, with two major league games canceled because of a outbreak, and for Europe’s plans to restart tourism, with rising infection rates in Spain causing concern for that country’s neighbors.

The AP plans the following coverage today of the virus outbreak. For up-to-the minute information, visit AP Newsroom’s coverage hub Find AP Virus Alerts here

UPCOMING:

VIRUS OUTBREAK-STARVING CHILDREN: All around the world, the coronavirus and its restrictions are pushing already hungry communities over the edge. About 10,000 more children are dying for lack of food every month, according to an urgent call to action from the United Nations shared with The Associated Press ahead of publication in the Lancet medical journal. UPCOMING: 2340 words, photos by 6:30 p.m. A 940-word abridged version also will move.

SENT/DEVELOPING:

VIRUS OUTBREAK: The biggest test yet of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine got underway Monday with the first of some 30,000 Americans rolling up their sleeves to receive shots created by the U.S. government as part of the all-out global race to stop the outbreak. SENT; developing. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE LATEST and VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL: Europe’s tourism revival is running into turbulence only weeks after countries opened their borders, with rising infections in Spain and other countries causing increasing concern as authorities worry about people bringing the coronavirus home from their summer vacations.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VACCINE RACE: The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government -- one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race. SENT: 860 words, photos.

TRUMP-VACCINE POLITICS: President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic put his political fate in grave jeopardy. Now he’s hoping to get credit for his administration’s aggressive push for a vaccine –- and crossing his fingers one gets approved before Election Day. SENT: 850 words, photos.

US-ECONOMY-MORE STIMULUS: As Congress and the White House resume their efforts to agree on a new economic aid package, there is growing evidence that the U.S. economy is faltering and that the government won’t take the necessary steps to support hiring and economic growth in the coming months. The answer, difficult as it is to achieve, is simple, most economists say: Deliver more financial support to the jobless, small businesses and households — quickly. SENT: 1090 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-MIDEAST-LOCKDOWN GENERATION: Millions of youth in the Middle East region have had job prospects, plans for higher education and marriages upended by the pandemic. SENT: 1150 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL-YOUNG PROTESTERS: A wave of demonstrations is sweeping Israel against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his perceived failure to handle the country’s deepening economic crisis. SENT: 1070 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-ISRAEL-YOUNG PROTESTERS-PHOTO GALLERY.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-CONGRESS: Suggesting a narrower pandemic relief package may be all that’s possible, the White House is still pushing ahead with Monday’s planned rollout of the Senate Republicans’ $1 trillion effort. SENT; developing.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus. SENT: 550 words, photos.

SAUDI-HAJJ: Muslim pilgrims have started arriving in Mecca for a drastically scaled-down hajj. Saudi authorities Monday were trying to balance the kingdom’s oversight of one of Islam’s key pillars and the safety of visitors in the face of a global pandemic. SENT: 690 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ASIA: Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state has posted another daily record 532 new COVID-19 cases. The state government leader warned that a lockdown in the city of Melbourne would continue while infected people continued to go to work. SENT: 1020 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-INDONESIA: Indonesia says its confirmed number of coronavirus cases has surpassed 100,000, the most in Southeast Asia, as an official says the government still doesn’t know when the outbreak will peak.

FINANCIAL MARKETS: Stocks resumed their upward march on Wall Street Monday, while the price of gold rushed to a record high at the start of a week packed with potentially market-moving events. SENT: 1030 words, photos. With GOLD PRICE: The price of gold has surged to a record as investors move money into an asset seen as a safe haven in uncertain times; and NABE-SURVEY OF ECONOMISTS: The economic outlook of U.S. business economists has improved over the past three months, though their sunnier view could be jeopardized by the resurgence of the coronavirus.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ONE GOOD THING-GUATEMALA: When the novel coronavirus closed Guatemala’s schools in mid-March, teacher Gerardo Ixcoy invested his savings in a secondhand tricycle that he and his brother converted into a mobile classroom. SENT: 560 words, photos.

NBC-TOKYO-WHAT'S NEXT: With the Summer Games postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, NBC’s Olympic unit has reset its countdown clock while trying to adjust to a new set of challenges. SENT: 920 words, photos.

MARLINS-VIRUS: Two major league games scheduled for Monday night have been postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus in an outbreak that stranded the team in Philadelphia. SENT: 810 words, photos.

SENT:

GOOGLE-REMOTE WORK EXTENSION: Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June. SENT: 470 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-FEDERAL WORKERS: A report from the Labor Department’s inspector general says nearly 3,000 federal workers have filed compensation claims for contracting COVID-19 on the job. SENT: 350 words.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BELGIUM: Belgium’s prime minister has unveiled a set of drastic social distancing measures aimed at avoiding a new general lockdown amid a surge of COVID-19 infections. SENT: 420 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-VIETNAM: About 80,000 people, mostly local tourists, are being evacuated from the popular Vietnamese beach city of Da Nang after more than a dozen people there were confirmed to have COVID-19. SENT: 190 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-BOSNIA-WHO: The rising number of coronavirus cases in Bosnia has prompted the World Health Organization to call on authorities to increase contact tracing and testing, or the Balkan country risks being faced with overfilled and understaffed hospitals. SENT: 190 words, photos.

RETAILERS-BLACK FRIDAY: Target is joining Walmart in closing its stores on Thanksgiving Day, ending a decade-long tradition of jump starting Black Friday sales. The move, announced Monday, comes as stores are rethinking the Black Friday in-store door busters as they try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which has seen a resurgence in a slew of states. SENT: 260 words, photos.

VIRUS OUTBREAK-ALABAMA CHURCH: An Alabama pastor says more than 40 people have been infected with the coronavirus after attending a multi-day revival event at his Baptist church. SENT: 270 words.

BRITAIN EARNS-RYANAIR: European budget airline Ryanair says the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on its bottom line, with travel restrictions leading to a 99% drop in passengers in the first quarter compared with the same period last year. SENT: 230 words, photos.

ITALY-LA SCALA: The famed La Scala opera house on Monday announced a fall program of concerts and ballets aimed as a signal of confidence that European cultural life can resume in full following the coronavirus lockdowns and in support of artists who were left out of work during the shutdowns. SENT: 440 words, photos.

ALBANIA EMIGRATION-PHOTO GALLERY: For young people in the rural Albanian town of Ballsh, the best chance of work is to move abroad. But that has been made impossible by the closure of borders as part of the coronavirus response. SENT: 510 words, photos.

INTERACTIVES/GRAPHICS:

-US cases county-by-county. Embed code can be found in Coverage Plan. A static graphic also will be available in AP Newsroom.

-State trends (table): Trends in new cases and positivity rates for each U.S. state over the past 14 days.

-Case count (table): Searchable table of confirmed cases, including recoveries and deaths, by country, updated each hour.

-Interactive breakdown of unemployment filings by state with time scale for each (going back as far as 2000)

-Virus Europe Spread (map): An auto updating European map tracking the total confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths from coronavirus.

Additional graphics and interactives include:

- Flattening the Coronavirus Curve (Chart): Chart compares the cumulative cases over time in some of the hardest hit countries by coronavirus.

-Virus Global Spread (table): Table of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Table also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.

-Virus Global Spread (Map): Map of countries which have confirmed cases of the virus. Map also includes when the virus was initially reported and the number of deaths by country.

-Virus US State Map: State by state count of confirmed cases in the U.S.

-Virus US State Table: Table tracks the number of cases, recoveries and deaths for the US including its territories.

-Status of Cases Worldwide: Auto-updating once a day, this chart tracks the levels of active cases and deaths from COVID-19 around the world over time.

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VIDEO:

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